Skeletons in Art — Page 2
331 artworks
The Duke, from The Dance of Death
Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538
Skeletons
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Rosso Fiorentino, 1518
Design for a Funerary Monument
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi), 1510–63
Death and the Lansquenet
Albrecht Dürer, n.d.
A man with weapons and a pipe in his mouth flanked by two skeletons, illustration for 'El Derribahombres,' published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1880–1910
Journey for Eternity, No. 6
J. J. Grandville|Langlumé, ca. 1839
The Last Drop
Thomas Rowlandson, April 5, 1801
The Doctor Dismissing Death
Francis Jukes|John Raphael Smith|Peter Simon|Thomas Rowlandson, 1785
Prison Scene
Francesco Piranesi|Giovanni Battista Piranesi, n.d.
Death on a Canopied Throne (Design for a Title Page)
Godfried Maes, late 17th century
Death on a Battlefield, from "The five deaths" (Les cinq Morts)
Stefano della Bella, ca. 1646–47
The Eleven Ages of Man
Gerhard Altzenbach, 1609–72
De humani corporis fabrica (Of the Structure of the Human Body)
John of Calcar (John Stephen Calcar)|Johann Oporinus|Andreas Vesalius, 1555
The great dance of skeletons
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1906
Flight to Egypt
Rodolphe Bresdin
A Phantasmagoria; — Scene – Conjuring-Up an Armed-Skeleton
James Gillray|James Gillray, January 5, 1803
The Reward of Cruelty
William Hogarth|John Bell|Boydell and Co., 1790
The Pride of Women: Ruffs
Maerten de Vos, ca. 1600
The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch
Georg Pencz
The Rich Man, from The Dance of Death
Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538
The Queen, from The Dance of Death
Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538
Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dance of Death
Allaert Claesz.
The Dance of Death
Anonymous, German, 16th century, 16th century
The arrival of the skeletons of the penitentiary (Posada); two skeleton angels in lower corners of verso (Manilla)
Manuel Manilla|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, 1902
Death Turned Pilot (from The English Dance of Death, vol. II, pl. 9)
Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, June 1, 1815
Tomb of Louis XVI and his family, with hidden silhouettes
Louis XVII|Louis XVI, King of France|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Anonymous|Jean-Baptiste Genty|Claude Louis Desrais, 1793–1800
The Glorification of the Eucharist
Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630–32
The Triumph of Time
Philips Galle|Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Philips Galle, 1574
The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de' matti)
Sebastiano di Re, 1557–63
The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris
Rudolph Ackermann, London|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson, April 16, 1815
A Friendly Visit
Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Joseph Bonaparte, April 16, 1814
Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror
Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London, January 1, 1814
Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror
Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London, January 1, 1814
Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones
Gotthard Ringgli|Georg Pecham, late 16th–mid-17th century
The Practitioners of the Visual Arts
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Cornelis Cort, 1578
Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror
Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, January 1, 1814
Broadsheet relating to the racket caused by the skeletons (catrines and drunkards), a corrida (ballad) in the bottom section
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|Anonymous, 1908
The skeleton of the people’s editor (Antonio Vanegas Arroyo)
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1907
The sale of skeletons
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1907
The brave cinematographer skeleton
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1906
Broadsheet relating to skeletons rising from their graves, two skeletons duelling with swords
Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1904
Broadsheet relating to the great calavera of the Chin-Chun-Chan, a zarzuela (traditional form of musical comedy)
J. Cortés|Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1904
The grand skeleton mole, skeletons eating mole and drinking in a cemetery (Posada); flanked by skeletons holding scythes (Manilla)
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada, 1902
Dritte Zukunft from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)
Max Klinger|Max Klinger|Wilhelm Felsing, 1898
The skeleton of Don Juan Tenorio
José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, ca. 1900–1910
Cupid's Skeleton
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1900–1910
Broadsheet relating to elegant and pretentious calaveras (skeletons) that become decayed and fetid
Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|J. Cortés, ca. 1900–1910
Skeletons of the good defenders
Manuel Manilla|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1900–1910